“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil ‘the lust of the flesh’” (Gal. 5:16) The “lust of the flesh” is of the evil power “in the flesh” of man that produces sinsas it’s outward display. It’s immediately obvious why this is such an important topic for every believer to fully understand.

All of us as Christians would have to admit that on many levels of our daily life we sometimes know to do right, but we don’t do right, and we also know not to do wrong, but sometimes we do wrong. This failure reveals the conflict between the two natures in us. Thus there is a struggle in every believer’s experience.

In Romans 7 the Apostle Paul writes of the frustration he had as a Christian. He found that this frustration was due to the ongoing conflict between the “Spirit of life in Christ Jesus” and its righteous nature within the believer’s spirit (cf. Romans 6-8), and the still ever-present “Sin (nature) in the flesh” (Rom 8:3b), which seems to overwhelm the believer’s good and righteous intentions.

Among all unregenerate mankind there is a desire burning within – desiring to be quenched or satisfied. As we've stated earlier, God's innate desire is as a giver, a lover, a self-for-others.Man was created "upright" (Eccl 7:29), having that same innate desire, that is before Adam's fall. Then Adam's self-being became transmuted into a self-for self, a self-getter, and a manipulating taker, a trait we see in all men today, from their birth. By Adam's fall in the garden, mankind became a twisted self.

About Me

As you read through the various Articles and Study Series I've posted in this website, you will note that the topic of my writing always concerns Christ and our living relationship with Him. I thought some may want to know who I am and my point of view. Every Christian is the product of their life experiences and God's intervention in their lives. I'm just like you if you too are a believer who has received the regenerating "Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." We thus are recipients of God the Father's grace, love and His literal life, received in the person His Son, Jesus Christ, as "the Spirit of life" (Rom 8:2a, cf., 2Cor 3:17, 1John 4:13). Christ literally indwells our spirit (cf., John 3:6, 1Cor 6:17, Rom 8:16) as our new and eternal life (Col 3:4, Gal 2:20). See more.